I listen to music constantly while writing.
When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.
Sometimes happiness consists of finding the right balance of misery.
From all wise men, O Lord, protect us.
Unfortunately, we live in a time when the media are almost a monoculture.
One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.